Show-case



S. M. DEBAKEY.

SHOW CASE.

APPLICATION FILED Aue.2e. I9I9.

Patented Apr. 13, 1920.

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s. M. DEBAKEY;

sHow CASE. i APPLICATION FILED AUG.26| 1919.

1,337,049. A Patented Apl.- 13, 1920.

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Inl/@2222275 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SHIKER M. DEBAKEY, 0F LAKE CHARLES, LOUISIANA.

SHOW-CASE.

Application led August 26, 1919.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, SHIKER M. Disminuir, a citizen of the United States, residing at Lake Charles, in the parish of Calcasieu and State of Louisiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Show- Cases; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and eXact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The present invention relates to improve ments in show cases, and has for an object to provide an improved show case adapted to give the customer quick service and whereby the customer may serve himself; .and which disposes of the necessity for the customer going through the formality of asking the clerk for the particular commodity desired.

In accordance with the present invention the commodities are displayed on a movable display carrier or table, which is provided with means accessible to the customer for moving the carrier into a position which admits of the customer serving himself when a door in the show case is thrown open by means accessible only to the clerk behind the case.

In the accompanying drawings forming a part of this applicatiomand in which similar reference symbols indicate corresponding parts in the several views: y

Figure 1 is a top plan view of an improved show case constructed in accordance with the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a vertical central sectional view through the same, showing certain parts in dotted line positions. A

Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional view taken on the line 3 3 in Fig. 2; and

Fig. 4 is a vertical sectional view taken from the opposite side as compared with Fig. 2. A

Referring more particularly to the drawings, the improved show case consists of a base 1 having supported thereon a case indicated generally at 2, and being composed for the most part of glass to admit of inspection by customers of the commodities placed therein. A step or bearing 3 is mounted centrally within the case 2 on the base 1, and'receives the journal of a vertical shaft 4 having a shoulder 5 on which rests a table or carrier 6, Above the table 6 is a Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 13, 1920.

Serial No. 319,978.

superstructure 7 supporting price tags 8 and receptacles9 for containing water to keep the air within the case at a proper humidity.

Adesired a mirror 12 may be supported on the hand wheel 11.

Horizontally swinging doors 13 are prol vided to give access to the lower portion of the case 2 below the table or carrier 6, this lower portion of the case constituting a space for reserve stock, to which the clerk may have recourse from time to time to replenish the articles sold from the table or carrier 6.

Above the horizontally swinging doors 13 is a vertically swinging door 14 pivoted at its lower edge, as indicated at 15, and adapted to swing down to the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2 or shown in full lines in Fig. A catch 1G provides for holding the door 14 in the closed position.

At the opposite side of the case a similar vertically swinging door 17 is arranged to swing down on pivots 18 to the dotted line position shown in Fig. 2 or the full line position shown in Fig. 3.

By reference to Figs. 2 and 3 it will be seen that the doors 14 and 17, when in their lowered positions, extend substantially in a plane with the table or carrier 6, and these doors, when open, give access to such table or carrier from both the front and rear of the show case.

A pad 19 is affixed to the inside of the door 17 near one edge thereof, and this pad is adapted to be struck by the lower end of a pivoted trigger or lever 20 connected to he operated by a horizontally reciprocating rod 21 having an eye 22 at its rear end which is accessible to the finger of the clerk, by which he lmay pull the rod 21 rearwardly to the dotted line position shown in Fig. 4, thus l trigger 20 to the full line normal position.

The door 17 being thrown out of its position of equilibrium will descend by its weight to the horizontal position, where it extends in substantially the same plane with the table or carrier G and allows access by customers to the table 6, while also providing a shelf on which articles may be temporarily laid after removal by the customer from the table or carrier 6.

A chain or cord 23 is connected at one end to the door 17, as indicated at 24, and is guided through one or more eyes 25; such cord passing through the rear wall of the case 2 and having a button 26 intended for the grasp of the clerk, whereby the door 17 may be lifted to its closed position by pulling upon the cord 23. The door 17 is therefore under the complete control of the clerk behind the counter, who may cause the same to open and subsequently close the same at pleasure.

In use the single embodiment of the invention shown in the drawings is arranged to be presided over by a single clerk, who stands behind the case and has access to the doors 13 and 14. The customer at the front of the case may look through the glass top 10 and inspect the commodities displayed on the table or carrier 6, and after selection of any particular commodity is made, the customer himself, without having recourse to the clerk, mayY rotate the table or carrier 6 by means of the hand wheel 11 which Vprojects above the top of the case, until the selected article is brought to a position opposite the door 17.

This inspection of the articles and the selection of the desired article is all made without the necessity of making any inquiries of the clerk, and the clerk will be on the alert so that when a customer rotates the table or carrier G in the manner above described, such clerk will pull upon the eye 22 of the operating rod 21 and cause the trigger 2O to throw the door 17 open. The customer is then able to reach into the case and remove the selected article from the tab/le or carrier 6.

The door 17, in the horizontal open position, forms a shelf on which the removed' .both the doorsl 13 and 14, as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 2. The door 14 also vforms a shelf on which the articles may be laid after removal from the reserve stock space prior to their arrangement on the table 6. The hand wheel 11 is equally ac cessible to the clerk for the purpose of rotating the table to bring the empty spaces thereon to the rear of the counter where he may supply them with fresh articles.

lt is obvious that those skilled inthe art may vary the details of construction and arrangements of parts without departing from the spirit of my invention, and therefore l. do not wish toV be limited tosuch `features except as may be required'bythe claims.

I claim:

1. An improved show case having transparent portions and doors inthe front and rear thereof, a movable carrier'in said case adapted to contain articles viewable through the transparent portion and accessible through said doors, means accessible alike toboth customer and clerk for moving said carrier, one of said doors being'accessibleto the clerk for replenishing articles soldfrom said carrier, the other of saidv doors being accessible to the customer for removing articles from the carrier and being openable by the clerk, substantially as described.

2. An improved show case, a carrierin the show case for containing commodities to be sold, said carrier being supported above the base ofthe showcase whereby` to provide between the same and such base a space for reserve stock, doors inthe show case giving access to the reserve stock space and said carrier, means whereby a customer may move the carrier to bring a selected article opposite one of such doors, and means under theeontrol of the clerk whereby .the latter doormay be thrown open to allow the customer to remove the elected article, substantiallyasdescribed. Y Y

3. An improvedl show case having glass panels therein, a vertical sha-ft in said show case, a rotating table carriedby said shaft and spaced from the bottom Yof said show case to provide a space for `reserve stock below same, said table adapted to contain' commodities to be sold, doors at the rear of the show case giving access to 'the reserve stock space, vertically swinging doors at the front and rear of said show case adapted 'to swing down in substantially the same plane with said table, a1 handwheel on the upper end Vof said shaft above the top of the case and `accessible'alike to both customer and clerk for rotating the table, means whereby the swinging door at the front of the case may be opened by the clerk at the rear of the case, and'otherdistinct means whereby the clerk at the rear of the case may close the swinging door at the front of the case, subv stantiallyas described.

4. An improved showcase, a movable car-V rier therein adartedY tol contain commodities to be sold, a door pivoted at its lower edge CII and adapted to swing vertically down to a substantially horizontal position adjacent said carrier, a pivoted trigger adapted to strike said door to force it out of its closed position and out of its position of equilibrium, means accessible only at the rear of the case for operating said trigger, means whereby such door m-(ty be closed, end means for moving such carrier to bring articles opposite the door for removal by a customer When the door is opened by a clerk in the rear, substantially as described.

SHIKER M. DE-BAKEY. 

